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Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 9:36 am
New Zealand high school students are developing global
competence skills alongside students from around the world,
enabling them to study and work across borders and cultures
and boost their job prospects, through the New Zealand
Global Competence Certificate (NZGCC) funded by Education
New Zealand Manapou ki te Ao (ENZ).
Qualitative
research[1] from ENZ concluded that New Zealand businesses
who employed staff with cross-cultural competencies found
this contributed to a more energising workplace, which
helped to foster creativity and innovation as well as other
benefits.
The employers agreed cross-cultural
competence was a sought-after skill when hiring staff,
leading ENZ to fund the programme for more high school